Improvement in handles for cross-cut saws



diluted ndert E. M. BOYN'ION, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent o. 99,825, dated February 15, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom fit Imay concern Be it known that I, E. M. BOYNTON, of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in H andles l'orOross-Cut Saws; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part ot' this speciiication, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur.

'lo enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention I will proceed to describe it.

My invention relates to an improvement in handles for cross-cut saws, which serves the double purpose of a handle and that of a set, and which may be readily attached and detached.

In the drawings accompanying- Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of a saw with my handle attached;

Figure 2 is a bottom end view of the same;

Figures 3 and 4 are views of the socket;

Figures 5 and 6 are views ofthe clip-bolt; and

Figure 'Z is a side'view ofthe thumb-nut.

In making my apparatus I rst construct a cylindrical socket 1, havingr on one side the two ribs l 1', as shown in figs. 3 and 4, which extend the whole length of the socket. In this socket I place the ordinary wooden handle 4, as shown in fig. 1. Passing through this` socket and handle near its center, and at right angles to its axis, is ahole of sufficient size to permit the passage of a clip bolt 2, as shown' in fig. 1. The shape ot' this bolt is more clearly shown in figs. 5 and 6, it being round for a portion of its length, and having a screwthread cut on it, the opposite end being flattened and bent into the form of a hook 2', as shown in ltig (i.

rlhe following is the method of attaching my 11andle to the saw:

' The bo1t2 is passed through the hole in the handle,

the bent end ofthe bolt 2 is hooked into the hole 8 in the saw-blade, and the nut heilig then put on and screwed up forces or draws the handle up against the end of the saw-blade, the two ribs at the saine time clasping or engaging over the end ot' these-w, thus tirmly locking the handle in place.

Vhen it is desired to detach the handle, all that is necessary is to loosen the nut enough to allow the bolt 2' to slide forward until the en d ofthe saw comes from between the ribs ou the socket, when the handle can be unhooked.

When the handle is lto be `used as a set, it is de tached from the saw and the nut screwed up as far as it will go, (earebeing taken that the ears come in line with the handle,) when the slots Y9 in the ears of the nut are slipped over the teeth of the saw and the teeth set to the angle desired.

This improvement is especially desirable in the timber districts, when it sometimes becomes necessary to set the saw during the day, when those usil'lg it are often miles away from any conveniences for so doing.

By cutting a slot in a log, or splitting a post, and inserting the saw therein and detaching one ot the handles, the saw may be set at the spot where the same is heilig used at any time desired.

Having thus described my invention,

That I claim isf 1. The hookbolt 2, `with its nut 3, in combination with the socket 1, provided with the ribs 1' l for securing the handle to the saw, substantially as described.

` 2. In combination with the hook-bolt- 2., the nut 3 provided with the slots 9,' so that when detached from the saw, the saine may be used as a set, substantially as described. O

4 E. M. BOYNTON. IVitnesses P. R. L. PEIRCE,

BENJAMIN ROBINSON. 

